For years, grotesque giant monsters have appeared suddenly to attack Japan. To combat the destructive threat, the Defense Corps was established to fight them and the Professional Kaiju Cleaner Corporation was created to clean up the massive remains. Kafka Hibino is a middle-aged man who works as a sweeper cleaning up remains despite his big […]
During the industrial revolution of their world, a monster appeared that cannot be killed unless pierced through its iron-protected heart. Those who are bitten by the creature become zombies know as Kabane. On the island of Hinomoto, humanity has built stations to seek refuge from these creatures. Ikoma lives at a station that brings supplies
Anime is filled with a lot of death. However, while a death scene in anime can be a useful storytelling tool, not all death in anime is graphic. Some of it happens off-screen. Some of it happens in such bulk and ambiguity that you barely even feel anything for the nameless fictional characters. However, if
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Everybody needs a little help sometimes. Even the most plot-armored shounen hero needs to get into a sticky situation they may need saving from every now and then to keep things interesting. However, for these professional damsels in distress, they don’t need saving “every now and then,” but instead likely need saving every week. Kidnapping,
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What does it take to be considered “edgy” these days? There is such a delicately fine line between edge and cringe that one could argue that they are indeed one and the same. Certainly a high schooler making jokes about school shootings is pretty edgy. Carrying a blunt replica katana down the street as you
One kill is a murder, but more than one is a pattern. While a number of anime series have serial killers play very small roles, typically a quick and easy villain of some kind, there are only a small handful that put them in a larger spotlight. Whether it is about catching them or exploring
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It could be a cheeky little screw to the audience in the first episode, it could be a shocking death mid-way through the series. Regardless of which avenue they pursue, there are a few anime series where the main characters you think you will get is not actually the main character at all. In a
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Anime is awash with weapons, but not all of them are particularly remarkable or memorable. No one fondly recalls the many times the lowly kunai saved the day in Naruto. No, no. They remember Zabuza’s big sword even if it was just in one rather short arc. Now being a big weapon doesn’t necessarily mean
You have anime series where the main character is always the champion of justice, and you have anime series where the main character is an anti-hero or even a downright villain. However, then you have the metamorphosis in the middle – a situation where you get to watch the main character transform into a villain.
In Claymore, the world is overcome with demons called Yoma that constantly plague humanity. After Raki’s parents were killed by Yoma, he teams up with Claire, a Claymore, an order of powerful half-human, half-Yoma women that are shunned by society but fight to rid the world of Yoma. Together, each learns more about the each
